G. Meylan

6.2k citations

92 papers · 2.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Astronomy and Astrophysics 79
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 45
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 42
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 14
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 13
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 12
- Astro and Planetary Science 9
Instrumentation 39
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 39

Co-authors: F. Courbin (38 shared papers)Dominique Sluse (19 shared papers)S. G. Djorgovski (17 shared papers)M. Tewes (12 shared papers)A. Eigenbrod (8 shared papers)Philip J. Marshall (6 shared papers)C. D. Fassnacht (6 shared papers)Tommaso Treu (6 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (19 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (18 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (7 papers)The Astronomical Journal (5 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (1 paper)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

G. Meylan

88 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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H0LiCOW – IX. Cosmographic analysis of the doubly imaged quasar SDSS 1206+4332 and a new measurement of the Hubble constant 2019 · 243 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	H0LiCOW – V. New COSMOGRAIL time delays of HE 0435−1223:H₀to 3.8 per cent precision from strong lensing in a flat ΛCDM model Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·V. Bonvin, F. Courbin, S. H. Suyu, Philip J. Marshall, Cristian E. Rusu, Dominique Sluse, M. Tewes, Kenneth C. Wong, Thomas E. Collett, C. D. Fassnacht, Tommaso Treu, Matthew W. Auger, Stefan Hilbert, L. V. E. Koopmans, G. Meylan, N. Rumbaugh, Alessandro Sonnenfeld, Chiara Spiniello Hit paper breakdown →	2016	286
2	H0LiCOW – IX. Cosmographic analysis of the doubly imaged quasar SDSS 1206+4332 and a new measurement of the Hubble constant Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Simon Birrer, Tommaso Treu, Cristian E. Rusu, V. Bonvin, C. D. Fassnacht, J. H. H. Chan, Adriano Agnello, Anowar J. Shajib, Geoff C.-F. Chen, Matthew W. Auger, F. Courbin, Stefan Hilbert, Dominique Sluse, S. H. Suyu, Kenneth C. Wong, Philip J. Marshall, B. C. Lemaux, G. Meylan Hit paper breakdown →	2019	243
3	TWO ACCURATE TIME-DELAY DISTANCES FROM STRONG LENSING: IMPLICATIONS FOR COSMOLOGY The Astrophysical Journal ·S. H. Suyu, Matthew W. Auger, Stefan Hilbert, Philip J. Marshall, M. Tewes, Tommaso Treu, C. D. Fassnacht, L. V. E. Koopmans, Dominique Sluse, R. D. Blandford, F. Courbin, G. Meylan	2013	222
4	The galactic globular cluster system The Astronomical Journal ·S. G. Djorgovski, G. Meylan	1994	87
5	Microlensing variability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 $\mathsf{\equiv}$ the Einstein Cross Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Eigenbrod, F. Courbin, G. Meylan, Eric Agol, T. Anguita, R. W. Schmidt, J. Wambsganß	2008	77
6	FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT QUASAR X-RAY EMITTING REGIONS ARE COMPACT: X-RAY AND OPTICAL MICROLENSING IN THE LENSED QUASAR Q J0158-4325 The Astrophysical Journal ·Christopher W. Morgan, L. J. Hainline, Bin Chen, M. Tewes, C. S. Kochanek, Xinyu Dai, S. Kozłowski, Jeffrey A. Blackburne, A. M. Mosquera, G. Chartas, F. Courbin, G. Meylan	2012	70
7	COSMOGRAIL: The COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Eigenbrod, F. Courbin, C. Vuissoz, G. Meylan, Prasenjit Saha, S. Dye	2005	66
8	COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses XIII: Time delays and 9-yr optical monitoring of the lensed quasar RX J1131-1231 Lirias (KU Leuven) ·M. Tewes, F. Courbin, G. Meylan, C. S. Kochanek, E. Eulaers, N. Cantale, A. M. Mosquera, Pierre Magain, H. Van Winckel, Dominique Sluse, Gianni Cataldi, D. Vörös, S. Dye	2012	66
9	An optical time-delay for the lensed BAL quasar HE 2149-2745 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Burud, F. Courbin, Pierre Magain, C. Lidman, Damien Hutsemékers, Jean‐Paul Kneib, J. Hjorth, J. Brewer, E. Pompei, L. Germany, J. D. Pritchard, A. O. Jaunsen, G. Letawe, G. Meylan	2002	63
10	COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Dominique Sluse, V. Chantry, Pierre Magain, F. Courbin, G. Meylan	2011	61
11	THE ENVIRONMENTS OF HIGH-REDSHIFT QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS The Astrophysical Journal ·Soyoung Kim, M. Stiavelli, Michele Trenti, Cheryl Pavlovsky, S. G. Djorgovski, Claudia Scarlata, Daniel Stern, A. Mahabal, D. J. Thompson, Mark Dickinson, N. Panagia, G. Meylan	2009	61
12	Evidence of Primordial Clustering around the QSO SDSS J1030+0524 at z = 6.28 The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Stiavelli, S. G. Djorgovski, Cheryl Pavlovsky, Claudia Scarlata, Daniel Stern, A. Mahabal, D. J. Thompson, Mark Dickinson, N. Panagia, G. Meylan	2005	57
13	Zooming into the broad line region of the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237 + 0305 ≡ the Einstein Cross Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Dominique Sluse, R. W. Schmidt, F. Courbin, Damien Hutsemékers, G. Meylan, A. Eigenbrod, T. Anguita, Eric Agol, J. Wambsganß	2011	53
14	[ITAL]HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE[/ITAL] Observations of Galactic Globular Cluster Cores. II. NGC 6273 and the Problem of Horizontal-Branch Gaps The Astronomical Journal ·G. Piotto, M. Zoccali, Ivan R. King, S. G. Djorgovski, C. Sosin, R. Michael Rich, G. Meylan	1999	53
15	Bright globular clusters in NGC 5128: the missing link between young massive clusters and evolved massive objects Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. Rejkuba, P. Dubath, D. Minniti, G. Meylan	2007	52
16	The Hubble Space Telescope Snapshot Survey. IV - A summary of the search for gravitationally lensed quasars The Astrophysical Journal ·Dan Maoz, John N. Bahcall, D. P. Schneider, Neta A. Bahcall, S. G. Djorgovski, R. Doxsey, Andrew Gould, Sofia Kirhakos, G. Meylan, B. Yanny	1993	52
17	COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses IX. Time delays, lens dynamics and baryonic fraction in HE 0435-1223 arXiv (Cornell University) ·F. Courbin, V. Chantry, Yves Revaz, Dominique Sluse, C. Fauré, M. Tewes, E. Eulaers, M. Koleva, I. M. Asfandiyarov, S. Dye, Pierre Magain, H. Van Winckel, Jonathan Coles, Prasenjit Saha, M. Ibrahimov, G. Meylan	2010	49
18	Microlensing of the broad line region in 17 lensed quasars Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Dominique Sluse, Damien Hutsemékers, F. Courbin, G. Meylan, J. Wambsganß	2012	48
19	Dynamical Correlations for Globular Clusters in M31, The Astrophysical Journal ·S. G. Djorgovski, R. R. Gal, James K. McCarthy, Judith G. Cohen, R. R. de Carvalho, G. Meylan, O. Bendinelli, G. Parmeggiani	1997	48
20	COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses Astronomy and Astrophysics ·C. Vuissoz, F. Courbin, Dominique Sluse, G. Meylan, V. Chantry, E. Eulaers, Christopher W. Morgan, Michael E. Eyler, C. S. Kochanek, Jonathan Coles, Prasenjit Saha, Pierre Magain, E. Falco	2008	45

About G. Meylan

G. Meylan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, having authored 92 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (45 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (42 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (39 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (15 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (14 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (12 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (835 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (431 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (406 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (58 citations). G. Meylan has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include F. Courbin, Dominique Sluse, S. G. Djorgovski, M. Tewes, A. Eigenbrod, Philip J. Marshall, C. D. Fassnacht, Tommaso Treu, Stefan Hilbert and S. H. Suyu. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

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